This run was electronics-free - not by choice, mind you. I forgot my Ipod at my parents house and brought the non-working Garmin. But you know what? I noticed so many things I wouldn't normally on a run - the crinkle of leaves blowing across a parking lot, the fragrant smell of a flowering shrub, the rhythm of my breathing, the sound of my footfalls. It was pretty serene.

Awesome! Even though I am addicted to data, I run "naked" as it were from time to time and I too find a kind of calm about just running for the sake of running. I need to do more of that. That's the reason when my garmin broke I didn't fix it. I still use my phone to track distance/time, but I just keep it in my pocket and look at it at the end.